US20240150869A1 - Material for the manufacture of high-strength fasteners and method for producing same - Google Patents

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US20240150869A1
US20240150869A1 US18/552,343 US202118552343A US2024150869A1 US 20240150869 A1 US20240150869 A1 US 20240150869A1 US 202118552343 A US202118552343 A US 202118552343A US 2024150869 A1 US2024150869 A1 US 2024150869A1
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  • This invention relates to metallurgy, namely to manufacture of titanium alloy materials with design mechanical properties for producing fasteners used in various industries, primarily in aircraft industry.
  • titanium based materials find expanding applications in various industries.
  • One of the promising areas is manufacture of fasteners for aircraft and automobile industries.
  • steel fasteners are replaced by items made of high strength titanium alloys.
  • the threaded fasteners shall have a set of high-level properties, particularly high values of tensile strength and double shear strength.
  • titanium alloys shall approximate in their mechanical properties to the steel materials having ultimate strength a ⁇ B —1500 MPa, double shear strength ⁇ sh —900 MPa, elongation ⁇ —12%.
  • Strength and ductility are the basic mechanical properties of metals and alloys, upon the combination of which the processing and performance properties of fastener material depend directly.
  • the most cost effective process of fastener external thread manufacture is the process of thread manufacture as a result of plastic deformation of the stock using thread-rolling tool.
  • the profile of the rolled thread is formed by pressing the tool into the stock material and forcing the part of the material into the tool hollows.
  • the state-of-the-art equipment and applicable technologies allow rolling the thread on the material in as-heat hardened condition, i.e. after quenching and artificial aging. At that, compression stresses are generated in the internal turns of the thread, significantly increasing the number of cycles prior to crack initiation, which ensures increased cyclic resistance of the material as a whole.
  • the relevant purpose is to create the titanium based material with a combination of high strength and ductility in as-heat hardened condition.
  • the level of tensile strength of the known material, at which thread rolling in as-heat hardened condition is possible, is limited to 1370 MPa.
  • titanium alloy bars which includes production of the stock, its hot rolling to a bar, with manufacture of the stock from ingot and etching of the hot rolled bar, its vacuum annealing, drawing, annealing of the drawn bar and its machining to the final size; at that, air annealing of the drawn bar is performed in two stages: first at a temperature of 650-750° C. for 15 to 60 minutes with air cooling down to room temperature, then at a temperature of 180-280° C. for 4 to 12 hours with air cooling down to room temperature; at that, in the second option the annealing is first performed at a temperature of 750-850° C. for 15 to 45 minutes with cooling down in the furnace to 500-550° C.
  • the known method is intended for the manufacture of fastener stocks of Vt16 titanium alloy and does not take into account the processing characteristics of other high-strength materials and alloys, which leads to low tensile strength and double shear strength.
  • This invention aims at manufacture of high strength fastener material of titanium alloy with a set of high-level mechanical properties which allows performing thread rolling in as-heat hardened condition.
  • the technical results achieved in the embodiment of the invention are the improved strength properties of the material while maintaining a high level of ductility.
  • the volume fraction of primary alpha in the structure of the solution treated and aged material is in the range of 15 to 27%.
  • K pm ⁇ R A d ⁇ B ,
  • R A is reduction of area, %
  • the size of beta-subgrain in the structure of solution treated and aged material does not exceed 15 ⁇ m.
  • the material for high strength fastener manufacture is made in the form of a round bar with the diameter up to 40 mm, which was solution treated and aged.
  • the material for high strength fastener manufacture is made in the form of a round wire with diameter up to 18 mm, which was solution treated and aged.
  • the solution treated and aged high strength fastener material has tensile strength over 1400 MPa, elongation over 11% and reduction of area over 35%.
  • the solution treated and aged high strength fastener material has double shear strength over 750 MPa.
  • the manufacturing method for high strength fastener material which includes manufacture of the intermediate drawing stock of titanium alloy, manufacture of cold-drawn stock and its final heat treatment, according to the invention, the intermediate drawing stock is manufactured of titanium alloy containing alloying elements as alpha stabilizers, beta stabilizers, neutral strengtheners, the balance is titanium and inevitable impurities, at that, the total amount of the alloying elements ensuring solution strengthening of titanium alloy alpha phase is defined by the following equation:
  • the intermediate drawing stock is manufactured by melting of titanium alloy ingot, thermomechanical treatment of ingot to produce a forged billet and its subsequent rolling.
  • the intermediate drawing stock is manufactured by powder metallurgy method.
  • a titanium alloy containing alpha stabilizers (aluminum, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon), beta-stabilizers (vanadium, molybdenum, chromium, iron), neutral strengtheners (zirconium) is used.
  • the principle of manufacture of the material is based on different effects of the specified groups of alloying elements on titanium.
  • Elements equivalent to aluminum (alpha stabilizers and neutral strengtheners) strengthen titanium alloys mainly as a result of solution strengthening, while elements equivalent to molybdenum (beta stabilizers)—both as a result of solution strengthening and as a result of the increased amount of metastable beta phase which ensures precipitation hardening of alloy during aging.
  • Structural equivalents [Al] eq and [Mo] eq disclosed herein are the criteria which, along with the designed processing conditions, regulate the process of manufacture of high-quality fastener material.
  • Aluminum structural equivalent [Al] eq enables assessment of alpha phase stabilization degree, which is simultaneously affected by alpha stabilizing elements present in the alloy: aluminum, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen and zirconium.
  • the set total amount of alloying elements ensuring solution strengthening of titanium alloy, [Al] eq is from 5.1 to 9.3. It enables obtaining the required amount of alpha phase within the whole specified range of chemical composition of titanium alloy, taking into account the temperature and rate parameters of processing.
  • the values of concentration of each element are defined based on the following principles.
  • Aluminum increases strength-to-weight ratio of the alloy, improves strength and modulus of elasticity of titanium.
  • aluminum concentration in the alloy is less than 3.0%, the required strength is not achieved and the probability of formation of co-phase deteriorating plastic behavior is also increased, while aluminum concentration in the alloy over 6.5% leads to decrease of the alloy processing ductility and to the probability of formation of Ti 3 Al particles which may cause material embrittlement.
  • Presence of oxygen in the range of 0.05 to 0.3% increases strength without plasticity deterioration.
  • Presence of nitrogen in the alloy in concentrations not exceeding 0.05% and carbon in concentrations not exceeding 0.1% has no significant effect on the decrease in plasticity at room temperature.
  • the alloy is additionally alloyed with zirconium not exceeding 2.0%, which improves strength of the alloy practically not decreasing its plasticity and crack resistance.
  • the concentration of each element is additionally defined among beta stabilizers.
  • Vanadium having high solubility in titanium in the range of 4.0 to 6.5% increases heat hardenability and ensures beta phase stabilization and also alpha phase strengthening. Alloying with molybdenum in the range of 4.0 to 6.5% effectively increases strength at room temperature and at elevated temperatures, and also increases thermal stability of alloys containing chromium and iron.
  • Chromium concentration set in the range of 2.0 to 3.5% is conditioned by the capability of this element to act as a strong beta stabilizer and to strengthen titanium alloys significantly. When alloying with chromium exceeds 3.5%, there is a probability of formation of intermetallic phase TiCr2 causing the alloy embrittlement.
  • Addition of iron in the range of 0.2 to 1.0% increases processing ductility during hot working of alloy, which enables to prevent deformation defects.
  • concentration of iron over 1.0% increases chemical homogeneity during alloy melting and solidification, which leads to inhomogeneity of structure and, as a consequence, to inhomogeneity of mechanical properties.
  • the increased plasticity of the material in as-heat hardened condition ensures the combination of a large number on sub-boundaries with the size of beta-subgrain up to 15 ⁇ m and the presence of grain-boundary dislocations at the boundaries/subboundaries and also long interphase boundaries ensured by primary alpha particles in the volume fraction 15 ⁇ 27%.
  • K pm ⁇ R A d ⁇ B ;
  • K pm plasticity ratio of the heat hardened material
  • an intermediate drawing stock is manufactured from titanium alloy containing alloying elements as alpha stabilizers, beta stabilizers, neutral strengtheners, the balance is titanium and inevitable impurities.
  • the design chemical composition of ingot is determined based on the relation of values of the total amount of the alloying elements ensuring solution strengthening of titanium alloy alpha phase and defined by the following equation:
  • One of the optional methods of the intermediate stock manufacture is melting of ingot, its thermomechanical treatment by conversion into forged stock (billet) at temperatures of beta and/or alpha-beta phase field. To remove a gas-saturated layer and surface deformation defects, it is expedient to machine the forged billet. The billet is subsequently rolled to produce the intermediate stock in the form of a rolled bar.
  • forged stock a forged stock
  • Maximum diameter of the produced drawing stock can be limited only by the capacities of the drawing equipment used for cold working, because as the workpiece diameter increases while ensuring an equal degree of deformation, the load on the deforming tooling and specific drawing force increase significantly.
  • the intermediate stock Prior to drawing, the intermediate stock is annealed, including the vacuum annealing at a temperature of (BTT-20)° C.-(BTT-50)° C. with subsequent cooling down at an arithmetic mean rate of at least 15° C./min.
  • Heating of the intermediate stock with the specified chemical composition in the temperature range of (BTT-20)° C.-(BTT-50)° C. allows obtaining the structure containing metastable matrix beta phase with the portion of primary alpha in the range of 6 to 17%.
  • primary alpha phase is an obstacle to the movement of dislocations as it reduces their way up to the distance between the alpha phase particles.
  • the portion of primary alpha phase required for stress redistribution and homogenization prior to subsequent drawing contributes to the effective accumulation of dislocations during further cold deformation, determining subsequent return, polygonization and recrystallization processes. Cooling down from annealing temperature at an arithmetic mean rate over 15° C./min enables maintenance of metastable beta phase without its breakdown, and also the maintenance of the established amount of primary alpha phase. Furthermore, the specified rate helps to avoid formation of secondary alpha phase, the presence of which significantly increases strengthening ratio and prevents from obtaining high drawing ratios at the subsequent stage of plastic deformation process.
  • Drawing of the intermediate stock is performed at room temperature with the drawing ratio in the range of 1.8 to 5.
  • density of dislocations significantly increases in beta phase as well as at the interphase boundaries and in alpha phase.
  • Primary alpha particles in the amount of 6 to 17% enable optimal distribution of dislocations along the flow lines, thus creating their uniform distribution in the material volume.
  • drawing ratio over 1.8 cellular structure is formed in the material and is stabilized, which during solution treatment, ensures the required size and number of beta-subgrain.
  • the drawing ratio less than 1.8 does not ensure stability of cellular structure during subsequent solution treatment even at the temperature range extension, due to low specific portion of the cells transformed to beta-subgrain, which leads to the increase in beta-subgrain size and does not allow to ensure the values of mechanical properties after final heat treatment.
  • Maximum drawing ratio is characterized by extreme damageability of the material prior to fracture, which to a great extent depends on the drawing parameters and the starting stock structure. After drawing, the material in the form of a wire or a bar is subjected to heat hardening consisting of solution treatment and subsequent artificial aging.
  • Solution treatment is performed under the following conditions: heating of the material to the temperature of (BTT-50)° C.-(BTT-80)° C., holding time at the prescribed temperature for 1 to 8 hours, cooling down to the temperature lower or equal to subsequent aging temperature at the arithmetic mean rate over 10° C./min.
  • the specified conditions are aimed at obtaining the required parameters of alpha and beta phases.
  • This heat treatment as a result of transformations and redistribution of dislocations, a structure with the increased volume fraction of primary alpha phase up to 15 to 27% is obtained and beta subgrain with the size not exceeding 15 pm is present in the structure.
  • Heating of the material above the specified temperature range results in significant increase in beta grain size and reduces the volume fraction of alpha phase that eventually results in decrease in ductility of the material in the final state.
  • the volume fraction of alpha phase increases during heating of the material to the temperature below (BTT-80)° C. thus making it difficult to obtain strength over 1450 MPa after aging.
  • Minimum holding time during heating to solution treatment temperature for 1 hour is conditioned by the sufficiency of the on-going processes of cellular structure transformation into subgrain structure, and holding of the material for more than 8 hours increases the subgrain size thus resulting in decrease in ductility.
  • Arithmetic mean cooling rate 10° C./min is the minimum rate ensuring no breakdown of metastable beta phase during solution treatment, the maintenance of primary alpha phase portion, thus restraining primary alpha phase formation.
  • Artificial aging of the material at a temperature of 400 to 530° C. allows varying the values of tensile strength within the range from 1400 MPa, with regard to values of solution treatment temperature range, and also finalizing formation of the structure which along with solution treatment allows obtaining increased plasticity, ensuring the value of material elongation of at least 11%.
  • Aging temperature range is conditioned by obtaining the required strength of the material which subsequently determines strength of the produced fasteners.
  • Selection of aging temperature range is conditioned by the degree of stability of alpha phase which breaks down during aging, and also by the dispersion of the precipitating secondary alpha phase which predetermines obtaining of high material strength values. Duration of aging for at least 8 hours ensures complete breakdown of beta phase and bringing the material to equilibrium.
  • the alloy beta transus temperature (BTT) determined by metallographic method was equal to 838° C.
  • the melted ingot was converted at temperatures of beta and alpha-beta phase fields.
  • the stock was subjected to final conversion to produce forged billets for rolling and subsequent machining.
  • the machined billets were rolled to produce the rolled intermediate stock with the diameter of 13.3 mm, with the temperature of the deformation ending in beta field.
  • the intermediate stock with the diameter of 7.9 mm was annealed in the vacuum furnace at a temperature of 802° C. (BTT-36)° C. and cooled down to room temperature at an arithmetic mean rate not exceeding 15° C./min.
  • the claimed material for high strength fasteners is characterized by the increased level of processing and performance properties which are obtained by optimization of chemical composition and concentrations of alloying elements in titanium alloy and also by optimization of process conditions of its conversion and heat treatment which ensure obtaining of the specified microstructure.

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